Birth announcement

ABSTRACT

A birth announcement rolled to fit within a hollow simulated cigar having, in one embodiment, a slot for pulling the birth announcement out, the birth announcement being attached to a simulated cigar band and, in another embodiment, the simulated cigar having two halves, one slidably receiving the other.

United States Patent Ortega 51 Oct. 10,1972

[54] BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT [72] Inventor: Charlotte C. Ortega, c/o GeneralDelivery, Nestor, Calif. 92053 [22] Filed: July 8, 1970 21 Appl. No.:53,135

[52] US. Cl. ..40/126 R [51] Int. Cl ..G09f 19/00 [58] Field of Search..206/47; 40/19, 126, 82, 1, 40/321 [56] References Cited 2 UNITEDSTATES PATENTS 1,600,194 9/ 1926 Miller ..40/ 126 R X 1,644,150 10/1927Reynolds ..40/19 2,144,877 l/ 1939 Gaude ..40/ 126 R 2,490,621 12/ 1949Colomer ..40/82 2,954,628 10/1960 Baldwin ..40/19 X PrimaryExaminer-Robert W. Michell Assistant Examiner-Wenceslao J. ContrerasAtt0mey--Richard K. MacNeill [5 7] ABSTRACT A birth announcement rolledto fit within a hollow simulated cigar having, in one embodiment, a slotfor pulling the birth announcement out, the birth announcement beingattached to a simulated cigar band and, in another embodiment, thesimulated cigar having two halves, one slidably receiving the other.

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INVENTOR.

CHARLOTTE C. ORTEGA BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THEINVENTION The present invention relates to a birth announcement and moreparticularly to a birth announcement carried within a hollow simulatedcigar.

According to the invention, a hollow simulated cigar is provided whichhas a slot in one embodiment. A birth announcement is rolled and carriedby the cigar with one side attached to a simulated cigar band. When thecigar band is pulled, the birth announcement is pulled out of the slotand into view. Another embodiment contemplates the simulated cigar beingin two halves, one half being slidably received by the other for openingand closing around the birth announcement.

An object of the present invention is the provision of a birthannouncement carried within a hollow simulated cigar.

Another object of the present invention is the provision of a birthannouncement carried within a hallow simulated cigar having a slot forremoval of the birth announcement.

Yet another object of the present invention is the provision of a birthannouncement carried by a hollow simulated cigar which is inexpensive tomanufacture and appealing to the purchasing public.

Other objects and many of the attendant advantages of this inventionwill be readily appreciated as the same becomes better understood byreference to the following detailed description when considered inconnection with the accompanying drawings in which like referencenumerals designate like parts throughout the figures thereof andwherein:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of the inventionwith the birth announcement contained therein;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of theembodiment of FIG. 1 with the birthannouncement pulled out into view; and

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of another embodiment of thepresent invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Referring to FIG. 1, a simulatedhollow cigar 11 is surrounded by a simulated cigar band 12. Simulatedhollow cigar 11 has a slot 13 in the side thereof.

OPERATION Referring back to FIGS. 1 and 2, it can be seen that birthannouncement 14 can be rolled and received through slot 13 intosimulated cigar 11 having one edge attached to section 12a of simulatedcigar band 12. When the recipient receives the cigar, he simply pullscigar band 12 and unrolls birth announcement 14 into view. In a more exensive embodiment, birth announcement 14 coul be carried by aspring-biased rotatable shaft within simulated cigar 11.

Referring back to FIG. 3, another embodiment is shown wherein thesimulated cigar is in parts 16 and 17. In this embodiment, the birthannouncement 21 is rolled up and slidably received by either part 16 or17 and the two parts then telescope together to form another version ofa simulated cigar birth announcement.

It should be understood, of course, that the foregoing disclosurerelates to only a preferred embodiment of the invention and that it isintended to cover all changes and modifications of the example of theinvention herein chosen for the purposes of the disclosure which do notconstitute departures from the spirit and scope of the invention.

The invention claimed is:

1. A birth announcement comprising:

a hollow simulated cigar;

a birth announcement carried within said hollow simulated cigar;

a slot in said hollow simulated cigar dimensioned for pulling said birthannouncement into view;

a simulated cigar band; and

an extension in said announcement, said extension attached to saidsimulated cigar band.

1. A birth announcement comprising: a hollow simulated cigar; a birthannouncement carried within said hollow simulated cigar; a slot in saidhollow simulated cigar dimensioned for pulling said birth announcementinto view; a simulated cigar band; and an extension in saidannouncement, said extension attached to said simulated cigar band.